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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
3
Miss Clark attends Grinnell library convention while plans for naming Ames athletic field emerge. Obituary notes Francis Coffelt, 59, of Trenton Nebraska, formerly of Story County, with family survivors listed.
A respected resident left the city for medical care and paid railroad fare that could have bought Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to last his family six months. The ad promotes relief from constipation indigestion and sick headache with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles sold by L. M. Bosworth.
Story County Bang announces new real estate loan plans allowing payoff on any interest day or any chosen day with no commission. The lender promises to reduce the rate and tailor payments to the borrower's schedule.
A minister from Trilla Illinois writes of improved lung health after using a white wine tar syrup sent to him and recommends the remedy to others. The note notes it is for sale at Coye Pharmacy and signs A M Humphrey, Baptist Church minister.
The Chicago Great Western R y will sell one way second class colonist tickets to the west south west and south on the first and third Tuesdays of November and December at lowest rates yet offered. For particulars inquire of any Great Western agents J. P. Elmer G. P. A. Chicago Lil. 12 16
Nellie Baskett Smith aged 31 dies in Colorado Springs after long illness with consumption. Born Ames April 8 1871, daughter of F D and Mary Baskett. married O G Smith Wichita Kan Dec 1888. leaves husband and two daughters ages 9 and 3. Funeral at Ames Christian church, interred in Aves Cemetery beside her parents and brother.
For rent a new eight room house with bath wash house fuel room barn lawn and garden with fruit trees. Inquire of A Duebendorfer College. ltp.
The body of P L Kimberly of West Liberty was found near the C N W tracks west of Ames after seven Sunday morning. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death and no blame attached to railroad personnel. He was nineteen, a student in engineering, and his funeral planned for his West Liberty family.
Mrs. Alexander McFarland of Gilbert died suddenly after breakfast yesterday morning. She was a Story county pioneer and mother of Mrs. W H Nelson of the Nelson House in Ames. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with additional particulars to follow next week.
A New York Tribune observer notes the musicality of Hawaiian place names such as Honolulu Oahu Kilauea Hilo Mauna Loa and Liliuokalani and recalls a Brooklyn pastor’s joke about Spreckelsville and Nawiliwili to illustrate the tongue’s euphony.
A character recounts a conversation about choosing a preacher for a marriage. The speaker endorses Dr. Easleigh, claiming he provided thorough satisfaction in past marriages, and suggests Easleigh despite the preacher’s youth.
Help wanted notice for a dining room girl offering $4.00 per week and board. Apply at once to A. L. Wilhelm Box 143 Iowa 8 College.
A London Bank of England tale recalls a midnight invitation to meet an unknown man in the strongroom. Guards, a reader, and a sewer-dwelling intruder feature as a chest of papers returns with a challenge to prove the writer’s honesty. The incident unfolds in a dramatic chase through the bank’s most secure room.
Sally asks what a mo is and her mother Mammy Jones explains children must study and do their own work. The exchange shows parental guidance on learning about animals and independence.
Brooklyn attorney skips modern phrasing in a letter to a client about a pending lawsuit. He signs "John Langdon, address ut supra" leading to a follow up where the client replies to "John Langdon, Ut Supra, N. Y." causing a postal mix up and delayed reply.
After Shrubville’s centennial celebration, Grandmother Pettingill declares she will not attend another centennial. She asserts her firm stance, saying she has seen enough noise, bands, and crowds and will stay home henceforth regardless of any appeal.
In St Goar on the lower Rhine a four century old Easter Monday custom auctions dancing rights to the chosen maid among town youths. The town crier gathers all youths, the highest bidder wins the year long privilege to dance with the selected girl, with proceeds going to the public poor box.
A Washington Star quote captures a publisher condemning others for abducting the author’s ideas and marketing copy. The exchange hints at rivalries over who writes and promotes the author’s advertisements.
A dialogue from Punch shows the first Bohemian chiding a second for haggling with a tailor while admitting he cannot pay. The second Bohemian laments his conscience and wishes the tailor to lose as little as possible.
The One Indian of South America stands out for refusing all alcohol amid cold, hunger, illness, and ceremonial rites. Though judged by white standards, he embodies manliness through bodily prowess, hardihood and endurance.
A Satirical exchange quotes Dr Talmage asking his lawyer about two parishioners on private legal business. The lawyer asks if they are black sheep or white. Talmage quips that whether they stay, they will be fleeced if they linger.
A Chicago Post quote frames a sharp exchange on marriage training. The speaker notes a man trained his wife young to mold her, while a wife had a similar plan for her husband, creating a clash of approaches and a fragile home dynamic.
A millionairess’s daughter pleads for a poor suitor, arguing it is not disgrace to work. Her father retorts he objects to being the one worked for, highlighting class tension and social expectations.
Special sale announced for Saturday November 1 from 1 to 6 pm featuring street hats below cost by Mrs L M Steson. Also notices breeding mares for fall colts and a fall season opening at the barn seven blocks north of Union National Bank with jack and Percheron horse Billy Morgan on November 1.
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